A Deluge Of Rain.

Cozy and romantic.

Quite a pleasant change after all this heat we have been having. Not sure if the heat is gone for good or at least until next summer but at least a small respite. The rain itself as nice as it is, has also been slightly destructive. Roads are flooded, cellars too and trees uprooted to name but a few.

The real culprit isn't the rain of course, but we humans. Why do we have to take away so many of nature's flood 'stoppers'? Build, build and build some more seems to be the order of the day. Enough already. Let's use up existing spaces and restyle our gardens back into proper water blotters like they used to be.

What I find rather strange at the moment is that the whole world is trying its hardest to combat the corona enemy, yet it couldn't really be bothered with the much greater threat the climate crisis poses. All those weather disasters we've been experiencing are just a little foretaste of what will be permanently in store for us.

But back to rain, or more to the point hearing the pitter patter of rain land on the roof almost makes it inevitable to recline on a couch with book in hand. Books take us out of our current negative situation ( corona 2.0 to name but one ) and clear our minds of this debris. Even the most lurid of thrillers can make us forget everything else.

Early this morning I made a chocolate cake-vegan of course- and now it sits cunningly on our kitchen counter waiting to be whittled down each time it gets walked past. Sunday, chocolate cake and self control don't really go along well...Thank goodness we don't have a tub of vanilla ice cream in the freezer because that would make this whole cake situation historical and the two of us incapable of moving further than off the couch to get more coffee.

A lazy Sunday is just what the doctor ordered and so much more enjoyable with the aforementioned chocolate cake by our side. Long may it last...!

Biggi